Aloha Lumber Corp. v. Department of Labor & Industries

The superior court upheld a determination by the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals that the claimants, Moxley and Tate, were in the course of their employment when they suffered injuries in an automobile accident. The order of the board had reversed an order of the supervisor of industrial insurance denying the claims.

The correctness of the board’s decision is challenged here by the employer, as it was in the superior court. A majority of the board filed opinions which considered and disposed of the appellant’s contentions in a very scholarly and well-reasoned manner. We have taken the…